Olde Clerkis Speche: Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and the Implications of Authorial Recital

by William A. Quinn

Olde Clerkis Speche affirms both the historical legitimacy and the interpretive benefits of reading Troilus and Criseyde as if the text were initially composed for Chaucer's own recital before a familiar audience. Proposing a qualification rather than contradiction of the "persona" as a reading premise, Quinn revitalizes the interpretive context of Chaucer's original performance milieu. The central five chapters offer a "close hearing" of the possible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813235685
• ISBN13: 9780813235684
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"